So is Apple being more relaxed over which applications get approved in the iPhone App Store? The answer is not likely. Following the for iPhone, Apple landed in hot water with both user but most important with the FCC, which investigates the issue with Apple, AT&T and Google.

As a reminder, Apple told the FCC it did not reject the Google Voice app, but rather that it is just still reviewing it. When the Google Voice rejection scandal broke, Google said that Apple actually rejected the app, but most of their official statement to the FCC is now censored. Read Apple's, Google's and AT&T's responses to the .

So perhaps Apple is trying to avoid further issues with the FCC and is just letting through apps that wouldn't usually get approved. Apps like Spotify Mobile and Vonage for iPhone are already getting Apple some good press and could keep the FCC off their back, until the Google Voice inquiry is closed. But whether this trend will continue after the FCC's look into the Google Voice rejection is over is yet to be seen.